Talk on “Strange Success – The Enduring Appeal of an Islamic State after Colonialism”
On Wednesday, March 31 (Time: 9:00 pm (Pakistan Standard Time) | 5:00 pm UK | 11:00 am EST), I will be in conversation with Sajjad…
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Pakistan Conference at the University of Michigan, 2-3 April 2021
The Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Michigan hosts its 10th Pakistan conference with focus on “Religious Landscapes” on April 2-3. I’m…
Review of “Revolution and Its Discontents. Political Thought and Reform in Iran”
I’ve reviewed Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi’s “Revolution and Its Discontents. Political Thought and Reform in Iran” (Cambridge UP, 2019) for Political Theology. A marvelous work that transcends…
Review of Brannon Ingram’s “Revival from Below”
I’ve reviewed Brannon D. Ingram’s exciting “Revival from Below. The Deoband Movement and Global Islam” (https://www.ucpress.edu/…/9780520298002/revival-from-below) for Die Welt des Islams. The book is essential…
Participation in Zoom-Panel on “Authority in the Globalised Muslim World”
The Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World at the University of Edinburgh marks his 10th anniversary with a series of…
New Review of “In a Pure Muslim Land” in Religious Studies Reviews
Syed Rizwan Zamir (Davidson College) has reviewed In a Pure Muslim Land. Shi’ism between Pakistan and the Middle East for Religious Studies Review: “This study…
Talk on Pakistan and the Iranian Revolution (on Zoom)
On Monday, November 16, I will have the pleasure of offering some thoughts on how the Iranian Revolution was read and debated among Sunni Islamist…
Featured host of @Tweetistorian
In the week from September 28 until October 4, I have the pleasure to guest-tweet on the “Tweeting Historians” Twitter account (@tweetistorian). For the week,…
Videos of “Islamic Socialism in the Global South” online
Our first session on Islamic Socialism in Turkey took place yesterday, September 14. Dr. Layli Uddin (King’s College London) and I talked with with İhsan…
The Middle East as an Utopian Space? Zurich, 19 October (in German)
Zionismus, Sozialismus, Panarabismus, Islamische Republik: Der Nahe Osten und seine Geschichte im Verlauf des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts sind von utopischen Ideologien und Gedanken geprägt. Doch heute…